2S- S
SERIAL STORY
MURDER IN FERRY COMMAND
BY A. W. O'BRIEN
TUB UTOKVl A Dole, nrlllrn
hr mm on thf err of him .
rutloli for murder naa broushl
Clyde Ilawaon to flilrnKO. Ihttv- '
on, Canadian Inlrlllnrnc lr
; pnrtasrnt Inveallicnlnr, la on the
'. trail of aplra oitrrnllns; avalnaf
, thr H. A. K nnmbrr Frrrj I'oni
maad. Kb roufa from 4 auaiin bo '
naa raptarrd n Yould-he ibm
ala. rani Uexal. ntrmber ol 1ho
aar nnmr. In ralraso nawaon
find! a pholo of aa American
' aoldlrr murdrrrd br Irfmor
nfnttrr. lh hana-rtf man. In a
: rooming- housr warrr llvra l.'ar
olo Flak, the- mrnlerlona nrlrl re
- frrrea to In stntlrr'a crfutle
ore.
ON THE SPOT
, ', CHAPTER VI
rjAWSON walked slowly to the
fireplace and picked the photo
graph off the ledge for closer ex
amination. Yes. those features
were unmistakable.
The presence of the photo
here placed the dead soldier
squarely into the mystery, adding
further complication. Just
where did he fit in with the girl
Carole Fiske? His name Dawson
had to think twice before recall
ing it was Private Bernard
Skrol...
"What do you want?"
Dawson whipped around he
hadn't heard anyone coming along
the halL Framed in the archway
leading Into the room was a tall,
heavy man with bushy eyebrows
and harsh features. His resem
blance to the unfriendly house
keeper who had let him in was
almost startling. His right hand
was burled deep in a sport jacket
pocket.
"I came to see Miss Fiske."
' T know you said a message
from Lemoy," rasped the other.
"Spill it, smart guy!"
Dawson's smile faded.
. "Go plumb to hell!" he said.
. The man took a step toward
th investigator, lifting his hand
in his right coat pocket sugges-UveV-
But he halted as a girl
entered ttie room.
: One glance told Dawson she was
Carole Fiske the girl of the ex
ecuted Lemoy's snapshot.
"What's going on here, John?"
her voice cut in sharply.
: "This guy says he has a message
for you from Lemoy I told him
he better speak up or else , . ."
"Shut up, John, you're acting
like" a fool," she said. Then turn
ing to Dawson, "Who are you?"
"You wouldn't know me by
name I just happened to meet
Lenioy a few days ago in Halifax.
When I mentioned that I had to
visit Chicago on business for my
company he asked me to give you
a buzz and . . . must I tell him,
too?" he pointed to the glowering
John. -
'; "Don't mind him, go on with
fh rnocjqopj"
i "Well-1-1, it wasnt much but I
i thought it might be nicer to drop
! around and see you in person. He
said to tell you the other half of
the- reunion date couldn't make it
but he really missed her and
plentyi That was all except . . ."
Dawson grinned, "that he warned
me you are NOT Hedy Lamarr."
"Was there nothing else? Did
he' say where he was going?"
.'- "No," shrugged Dawson. "He
apparently wasn't sure where he
' would be going. He gave me the
Impression it would be a long
trip. A swell fellow, Lemoy, I
tared him very . . ."
"You're a liar!" snarled the man
galled John.
SOMETHING snapped in Daw
son. His role of good-natured
aalesman- vanished in a surge of
hatred. With one quick step he
came within range and his right
fist lashed out with sledge-hammer
force. John crashed over
backwards, one of the old-fashioned
chairs breaking under his
weight As he hit the floor, Daw
son dived one hand clutching the
- downed man's throat while a knee
pinned the pocketed hand on the
floor.
i'When I lift my knee," he
' growled into John's ear, "pull out
that hand empty or 111 flatten
that nose on your ugly face." His
1 knee lifted a few inches and
John's hand slid slowly out of the
pocket
. With a quick flip, Dawson rolled
the big fellow on his side, dipped
into his jacket and came out with
a black automatic. Straightening
up, he gave his clothes a quick
brushing and walked to the girl.
''When I go," he said, handing
(her the gun, "give this back to
your boy friend better advise
him to stop playing with this
thing." His tone lowered, "IH be
at the Eddington Hotel."
' Back in his hotel room, Dawson
let the cold water tap run on the
bleeding knuckles of his hand.
The girl interested Dawson. Of
course, he had had little time to
study her and the conversation
(had been limited. But she was
really a beautiful creature. And
tfrom what he had been able to
judge she didn't seem the hard
Hype. Yet she was sure of herself.
Of one thing, however, Dawson
Iwas certain she would get in
touch with him somehow, here at
the hotel. He couldn't have said
enough to do more than arouse
her interest about Lemoy yet . . .
what made John so positive that
Dawson had been lying?
1 ' Could he have heard of Lcmoy's
Ideath? That was hardly likely.
'Everything had been closely su
pervised in Newfoundland. Any
' way, he had said he met Dawson
In Halifax . . , ah, that was prob
tbly it John knew Lemoy had not
been in Halifax "a few days ago".
' Even so, the girl would ponder
sver the visit of the friendly sales
man and wonder if, perhaps, he
really had met Lemoy in Halifax
( . . . the telephone cut shrilly into
the room's silence.
f)AWSON controlled the exclte
ment in his voice as he picked
up the receiver. It was the girl.
"May I meet you and have a
talk tonight?"
"Certainly . . . anywhere and
anytime."
"Thank you." she paused for an
Instant. 'Then let us maxe it
ifl:30 at Cottage Grove and 95th
lutrerte you see, I'm afraid the
I Eddington might be watched."
"1 understand. Miss Fiske,"
Dawson interrupted. "Nine-thirty
it will be. I'll slip out the rear
way just in case anybody follows
me and spots you. Right?"
"Right," she replied.
It was 9:15 when Dawson put
on his coat and hat As an after
thought, he reached into his suit
case and took out a revolver.
Taking the stairs with the red
fire lights, ho found his way to
the ground floor. Unobserved, he
came to a double door with a bolt
and spring lock on the inside.
Sliding back the bolt, he turned
the lock and one of the doors
opened onto a paved lane.
Dawson stepped out, turning
around to pull the door shut be
hind him. As he did so. he heard
an automobile's gears grind and
a motor spring to life. From the
comer of one eye he saw a brown
mass rushing along the lane and
the flash of a gun . . . Dawson
plunged headlong to the narrow
sidewalk from the second stop,
bullets whistling into the heavy
glass of the double door!
It all happened in a split-second
but Dawson was on one knee as
the rear wheels passed . . . like a
sprinter at a track meet he dashed
after the car and leapt onto the
rear bumper.
He just had time for one glance
through the rear glass before the
car lurched with tires screaming
around a corner and Dawson
tumbled hard to the street.
Blood was streaming down his
!ace and he knew his knee had
seen hurt but he didn't even hear
lie chatter of the curious crowd
athering around as he rose pain
fully to his feet. Burning into his
nind was what he had seen in
(hat one flashing glimpse through
the auto window . . . two men in
the front seat and between them
looking back directly into his
eyes the mysterious Carole Fiske.
(To Be Continued)
HOLD EVERYTHING!
f
NT
fc)pen up! I changed my mind!"
David F8rragut said, "Damn
the torpedoes, go ahead," at Mo
bile bay.
HAVE YOUR
RADIO
REPAIRED
NOW!
Repair parts are still avail
able in limited quantities,
but future manufacture
has been curtailed.
WE SERVICE ALL MODELS
UHLIG'S
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
7te CANNON BALLS
OF AOERAKI POINT,
NEW ZEALAND
HUGE BOULDERS, WORN TO
PERFECT SPHERICAL .SHAPES
BY WAVE ACTION OF THE SEA.
DADDY- LONG - LE6S
IS KNOWN IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE WOCLD AS ,
SzOZ, VET IT IS NOT
A SPIDER AT ALL, BUT A
RELATIVE OF SCOEPIONS
AND CRABS.
COPJL m: BY KEA SOvKt. (NC
UN WHAT WAR WAS FOUGHT
THE "SArTXS O
V CLOtSOS " AVf,
79 n.j) -q a s. -r
ANSWER: The battle of Chattanooga, during the War Between
the States, in which General Hooker gained the summit of Look
out Mountain.
FAMOUS ACTOR
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured late
actor,
10 Stupefy.
11 Fowl.
12 Mixture.
14 Limits.
16 Sharp pains.
18 Moccasin.
19 Unit of work.
20 Collection of
facts.
21 Obtain.
22 Either.
23 Any.
24 Consumed.
26 Babylonian
deity.
27 Office of Ci
vilian Defense
(abbr.).
28 Golf mounds.
30 .Skill.
31 Chest bone.
33 And.
35 One who
inherits.
38 Upward.
40 Right side
(abbr.).
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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41 Before.
42 Accomplish.
43 Sink.
45 Weep con
vulsively, 47 Limb.
48 Forbid.
49 Melody.
52 Oriental
guitars.
54 Slave.
55 Age.
57 'rgan of
smell.
58 Psychiatrists.
VERTICAL
1 Auditory.
2 Large cask.
3 Plan.
4 Be quietl
5 Parrot.
6 Within.
7 Put into
notation.
8 Yale.
9 Circlet.
10 Heavenly
body.
13 Type of
molding.
14 Blot
15 Senior (abbr.)
16 Grabbers.
17 Male deer.
23 He was a
stage for
60 years.
25 Weird.
27 Refuse,
29 Courtesy title,
32 Undeveloped
plant shoots.
34 Change into
bone.
36 Type of fur.
37 Peruses.
39 Deep holes.
42 Meet
defiantly.
44 Preparatory
(abbr.).
46 Onward.
48 Fish.
50 Measures of
area.
51 Limit (comb,
form).
53 Rocky
pinnacle.
55 Exclamation.
56 Rough lava.
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EVERYONE IN THESE
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Thanks for. haulimg
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Freckles and His Friends
( you'VE RUSTLED SOME BAWPA6E5 AND A LIVE
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AMO WH1E you RE
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